: acting or intended to enhance one’s power, wealth, position, or reputation … staggeringly self-aggrandizing greed and theft …— William J.

: given to or marked by boasting : boastful.

: personal vanity : pride.

to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered. to honor with praise, admiration, or worship; extol. to make glorious; invest with glory. to praise the glory of (God), especially as an act of worship.

1a : to make glorious by bestowing honor, praise, or admiration. b : to elevate to celestial glory. 2 : to light up brilliantly Chandeliers glorified the entire room.

Self-exaltation; elevation of one’s own status, power, importance, etc. Also occasionally with the and plural agreement: self-exalting people collectively.

Opposite of unwarranted pride in one’s accomplishments or qualities. humbleness. humility. modesty. meekness.

Here understood as the physical body of the just reunited at the resurrection of the dead with the soul that formerly animated it and that at the moment of reunion is already enjoying the beatific vision.

Glorification is the final stage of the ordo salutis and an aspect of Christian soteriology and Christian eschatology. It refers to the nature of believers after death and judgement, “the final step in the application of redemption.

Scripture says God created us for His glory (Isa. 43:7) and instructs us to “do everything for the glory of God” (1 Cor. 10:31). To glorify God is not to bestow glory on God or add to His glory, but to recognize and acknowledge His glory.

Definition of self-glorification : a feeling or expression of one’s own superiority First Known Use of self-glorification circa 1800, in the meaning defined above

Because you are attentive to self-glory, you will work to get greater glory even when you aren’t aware that you’re doing it. You will tend to tell personal stories that make you the hero. You will find ways, in public settings, of talking about private acts of faith.

The more you think you’ve arrived and the less you see yourself as daily needing rescuing grace, the more you will tend to be self-referencing and self-congratulating. Because you are attentive to self-glory, you will work to get greater glory even when you aren’t aware that you’re doing it.

Sadly, we often minister the gospel of Jesus Christ for the sake of our own glory, not for the glory of Christ or the redemption of the people under our care. I have done this.